Auroville, Pondicherry

<span style="font-family:georgia;">First, a big thanks to </span><a href="http://masalachaionline.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:georgia;">Masala Chai </span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;">for the </span><a href="http://masalachaionline.blogspot.com/2008/01/you-make-my-day.html"><span style="font-family:georgia;">"You make my day"</span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;"> Award. I really appreciate it and also the post on </span><a href="http://masalachaionline.blogspot.com/2008/02/dune.html"><span style="font-family:georgia;">'The Dune'</span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;"> which kind of brought back lovely memories from our <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pondicherry">Pondicherry</a> trip a couple of years back & inspired this post on Auroville:-)) <img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166313487341080258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNJgcjgrFvVfsOvKvuFHyNEZJUcQ8vzpCdAgDitvnTL_NPBqwAeM3O2hZoNoISRtWNOY8EzgLhMAuDI4hVPv8dNgaAi9w36CiqsE3o7oUbktm0phKDC05MVo2djd6VNI7TpDu3qpPSC1Lc/s400/pond1.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />My door obssession in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pondicherry">Pondicherry</a>, when I didn't have a digital camera, scanned from old photographs:-) <img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166316249005051650" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfJ1-U18b17Gh_y4e9X-JdRd1D_qw6Z4e0TPxBEW0ZsbAGG3EgPgngRz8NOXRC1iYPzx2VF4xy12_OoqnPLgwv4THPQWHtL9obb8JQgUyayvqstMs_CyVPwKddbCjlZACMlxNUyh9Klfzu/s400/pond3.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166316236120149746" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7rvWUxvN2Zg6CCAcYAWra_5kLvM3n87R8o6z57SLgZzLTvBe2hU3QjCvMa6Quj20fnI5bI4VLu99H4h4dIzZ6aR4IP-ZTiE0ZE6keGPk47FAa70NbyzUrlCn5sPetCzMLkDDOlkhW0nbc/s400/pond2.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /> The history of Pondicherry can be traced back to 1672 when the French bought this port town from an India King. The French connection grew when <a href="http://www.auroville.org/vision/sriauro.htm">Sri Aurobindo </a>an Indian scholar & mystic set up an ashram here in 1926. <a href="http://www.auroville.org/vision/ma.htm">Mira Alfassa </a>his French-born spiritual companion, also known as <a href="http://www.auroville.org/vision/ma.htm">'The Mother' </a>established <a href="http://www.auroville.org/index.htm">Auroville </a>in the sixties.<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166372379932643186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgJQ11TlpzlIR3PSKeDgm5ijpoYrIctZzkgVdxNgC7sFLrWKjXHcWo9iqGAd8BS7vXnpc_86dfMii9Jww6n1hJJmzlstvdgQVJG5DDAGyLk5xs67excS1Uk9aKKzD0kUqW4ygSDgZsoJLt/s400/matri.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /><em>Image of Matrimandir in Auroville.<br /></em><a href="http://www.auroville.org/index.htm">Auroville</a> is a series of self-supporting communities in villages which are very close to Pondicherry. Auroville's New Age ideal drew many Indians & Westerners including French architect <a href="http://www.auroville.org/vision/Roger_Anger.htm"><strong>Roger Anger</strong> </a>who was the chief architect of the township of Auroville.<br /><br /><strong>Featured here are a couple of homes from Auroville.</strong><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166360306779574114" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIHIc528GuVPgk2f4u_XyLver_z8qAxKLnAeN5I4TgTF8pTKbl9EhxhUmW7y8vUAJ-Noe4q8UMNK2CONjml6iBCgPvISZN7cFWHVazzWOTvUPShNiUKPmXq9uLmKr5lwML7EzRXBefjZ6u/s400/pondi2.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />A fusion of natural & modern home of <strong>Frenchman Jean Legrand</strong> & wife <strong>Joy.<br /></strong></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNyrN49veNXU6nh3zAX2pw4OjrHVURh9Bmnq4t88t9jrZ6u2MkFOspdeVR6OzUSBteTTUpU8qGFDNHMbqdmbw6AiUfCl2LGIFYU-J_m95DqhcwG-qgikUlDf22b-hfEYF2OUkdoowDd30v/s1600-h/pondi3.jpg"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166310167331360402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNyrN49veNXU6nh3zAX2pw4OjrHVURh9Bmnq4t88t9jrZ6u2MkFOspdeVR6OzUSBteTTUpU8qGFDNHMbqdmbw6AiUfCl2LGIFYU-J_m95DqhcwG-qgikUlDf22b-hfEYF2OUkdoowDd30v/s400/pondi3.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;">Natural light streaming in through the circular shapes on the ceiling and that is echoed by the natural rocks & granite slabs in Legrand's bathroom.<em><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166310171626327714" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjrUTPUKz6lB3iZI9kYTsg0zLYXz0VxYxpujZJWgCL4o4LVoj00d4Bf6Eco7FSCN3YG9AAB2nsX07FjRNpWeoOZKJZs_E7xYgUyutA08NNkOBCm5fN2dkC-Vcs4v6tzIm5RavZDazDzvpm/s400/pondi4.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />Love the angular and circular shapes of the kitchen & dining area, which has been designed keeping the light in mind.<br /></em>Home of designer <strong>William Netter</strong>, an American Spiritualist and Sri Aurobindo follower.<br /><em><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166310180216262322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgABdB2r4B4zEZTuvBMDlX_y21Dp2-dr4EmYQOBB8tIfC7UeNrEwjumW2FRd34LeamiwS4uOH_nIMNJmDV1HhHTQ-ozf1ZMZ-fPPHE1IGTE2UF5eeGnnh3QqB01vFLn6ApydK5RGTmChwTj/s400/pondi5.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></em>The white-tiled kitchen with simple modern lines and ample natural light.<em><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166316253300018962" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSnp2hcUs9jwoxfJJDFC0IbGtkndvC4GSguofTQcR3aFLwGzcAXaBa-hKE8qOCMs64qmLzg0CCnEzPDPaqFpuZuz_FzxiaoSloMe9ldSkrOk6QiISG8TwoadMvxpRg8RqrcLMt9Z_WB-iy/s400/pondi6.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></em>The design here is Minimalist with areas designated for different purposes. Here is the space for praying with <a href="http://www.auroville.org/vision/ma.htm">'The Mother's'</a> and <a href="http://www.auroville.org/vision/sriauro.htm">Sri Aurobindo's </a>photographs with a votive candle burning in the centre and his work space.</span><br /><div><div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166322992103706418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihAiTKh7bouB_qFZH6K4-tbjDtgkVSsHcn67V4drgDfzsliHU-yc4Q8wRs5_UJiSub5wu7Z3Yn_23GS_vw3MFGrCJgmf9M4JsdAc5DiZ1QNO9oL5wmkSmp4m8M7cFUpshQ8S6tPmayRxxX/s400/pondi7.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />A house designed by French architect <a href="http://www.auroville.org/thecity/architecture/arch_roger_anger_house.htm">Roger Anger </a>for Christine Devin & her husband in 1976 in a design resembling toadstool shapes.<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166322996398673730" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiEV-SEVbLnj4by-fIjyfokdQFUbmjOCmK5QD3Q5o1xbQ6cHfFA7qyWrCYQFt0Lsh4PxpTE6KKAtNkxjvsUyeMLgVQRQ9gbwua9PRDkFolbwBlOSl7Ef-hHNvtTcMDQhsNdg9PFdBtlgck/s400/pondi8.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />Beautifully designed circular bedroom with movable slats to adjust light & air flow. <em>Love the red-oxide smooth flooring and a simple portrait of the Mother on the wall.<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166323000693641042" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Z8-tJHKte_qAw4AKf7H2fBF_q-aYmFA96DhY-M_O1I-iSX-17PdiuN7ei5bFcDHuoCED9qL9bc2nTQbtIpwxoSvORvF9D4BRDtQhDP_v19X4nePMnhYLny1gG2xNcvOfAi9KWUXXqNvV/s400/pondi9.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></em>Locally made paper lantern and couple of floor cushions & wooden chest adorn the dining area. <em>I absolutely love the shape of the windows ( reminds me of railway train windows:-)</em></span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br />The township at Auroville is heaven for architects from India & abroad trying to create something different, something new. You can read more about the various styles of architecture in Auroville <a href="http://www.auroville.org/thecity/architecture.htm">here</a>.<br /><br /><em>(images from Indian Interiors- Taschen & Auroville.org)</em></span></div></div></div>

Auroville, Pondicherry

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Saffron Marigold

I was really excited when I received an email from Anisha Ghosh of <a href="http://www.saffronmarigold.com/catalog/index.php"><strong>Saffron Marigold</strong></a>.<br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#ff9900;">Saffron Marigold</span></strong>~ The words that bring to mind vibrant colour, fragrance and textures...<br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159285794144190738" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH0-gH0u4UkQTBO7PG3qaLKOVYtd1YEVBTCQMcxiPd1II7bwFgwFa2fZ-U1qBOKwA_JGsvP6EgoqmMqOQRLn7gwB2EbhyD9u8QjiCqQRJ1GOCafJPKmdquMjd-gtydZCPzhA-yno2SG43k/s400/rk_du_main_large.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /><a href="http://www.saffronmarigold.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21_35&products_id=67"><em>Ruby Kilim ~ Designer Red Black Queen Duvet Cover</em></a><br />That's the name of this amazing online <strong>'Luxury handcrafted Bedding & Linens store'</strong> that is owned & run by Anisha from two home offices, one in California and the other in India.<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5159286623072878882" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBTnpPBS0SGt3HbwNxJefA3R47CP8qUCwvvkMhG80Iu1djpncs2aZjGNrSW9SGdULbvH8ts_badNaW_keKOLLzE3XR_pQKMHgl6lohyphenhyphen9jlBfiVA6GnbJY0Q05-Vi49MIxO2J3zDQjjdkNL/s400/mari3.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; 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Saffron Marigold

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Bed, Breakfast & Fireplace...

...said a small wooden board below the name 'King's Cliff'.<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5153310194192463298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5oz_gUqC3dsr1OpvKxywUhvaW6XxS_PmL-c3Ks5ff3nSTz4MTEU3FJl3z0va9Djm-YatzTkCvfCoWTFvSffeABn4TfxgRaRuEltOeVnt5FCPmBUlMSD5n4-JjB5r-HZRc6Tuu554tvbp9/s400/king7.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /><strong><a href="http://www.kingscliff-ooty.com/main.htm">King's Cliff</a></strong>~ Yes, that's the name of one of two places we stayed during our trip to the beautiful hills of Nilgiri in Tamilnadu.<br /><br /><div><div><div><div><div>I absolutely love places with a history and this old colonial mansion which now is a hotel is charming. <img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5153309880659850610" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMmmab8NLRA3g_Xh7abZpN7jB2nJ4Derh1HqbqeN8lKHU3WlYgsqHV_zlncBbszZShuhXDf8_FBtEioSFufBP82L3NUCnXmqtFm_LdztDQmnV9vQNMoiasi5mp17r0g5_JoFbteyaE8CxL/s400/king1.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5153309884954817938" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgii_Iq7QcUNrbfTw2d3wBDOLv5XrN8f3tXuCTyeDAq46e0ge0ZAjEJJFqhwPunE_L_tT_TgQXmEdGpCwAKluiNoznyFlowPyT8sCfM-X4ALBuY1ruac7OSEfcp9jTmFp0y8t5GCUkj7610/s400/king3.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />The well manicured green lawns with white wrought iron chairs & exotic varieties of flowers almost takes you back hundred years when butlers in white served hot cups of high grown Nilgiris tea to the '<em>Sahebs</em>'<em>. </em>Well, they still do:-)<br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5153309884954817922" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwhMm-IoOT1K68m_m9mAw5xo184EYp8CdruBcdVNJDiuekdY45xAbn1f5rww6-pGY5fTHjuhyphenhyphenVFN40Mr82sVjetAuDyb9aYk0QSKhZAzXTbkzXjm3iMOkFBEQDF522hnOvwz1PPwLFZwVu/s400/king2.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />So we sat back and soaked in the beauty of the view of the hills through the windows of <strong>'Earl's Secret'</strong>- The restaurant which lives up to it's reputation of serving delicious food. </div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5153309889249785250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2sgs9AVpssygA9HXN2E-4LroS0HhY4nK9O4pTO3m3PBYJ3HCbNFuH9P4l7KD4n3CrxruV-mRRAq7YwcszDscRop2su88vm5DMaYe_tuArSkM2ZPLejcHYzPHWdJkx_1f-dq1xeOgdgD_G/s400/king4.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5153310194192463314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy-OXoRW13AHBKmd_6hbdqdXF5fve-6bX-uAFrjBV6Vyx1W2OVfYRsfTyHtSn8m3k926hRJo0G-Y9JhIfRzjTTMiCMqII0Hb-hXMCSWFuFyN1U403wdv1GMWNf9pByMN9g9ysdpddj6_oA/s400/king8.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /><em>Sinfully delicious brownie with ice cream & chocolate sauce which they serve you on the porch after a heavy afternoon lunch & before you doze off reading a delightful novel.<br /></em><div><br />The nine rooms are named after the works of 'Shakspeare' and each comes with a fireplace. *sigh* well it's been a while since I have been near a fireplace and slept to the sound of crackling wood.<br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5153309889249785266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTn6SN1ze3Th_j5oY2d_FoNFLN8O6Gyw8wq3qMmpljb4ns1WPn5cEc-PVDCTSxjuvfzF1kzB75CR_nnEiurU2yDevK6N_O1m8UPUlyuIfNd5kKROPgdE1vqg6cqfZaPqmI-3e-KeXHvMoj/s400/king6.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />A live-band playing our all-time favourite rock numbers, the bright winter sun, the chirpy birds, the waiters serving hot tea with chocolate cream cookies... <img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5153314222871786994" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwIEsed4JyNNP4_k-gmUNf5KztHwaGu7ltkyHC57rbliQbefyarVhrWCAr21JHFLhJvaoyv5Bbft-IKz3JioEiCVYXAEq9q4U2oB40Llo10yh9ak_1sUn_SZhTM4UxiY4MFfRlnGvcGvIc/s400/cup22.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />Night falls, temperature dips, peaceful silence & a knock at our door. In comes a man with chocolate-mint candies, an extra woollen quilt & firewood to light our fireplace:-)<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5153318230076274178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCiyfan9BheVSTWL0TVOqc8Dt5XL1XpIdBeMdkaOi-ynAWWZAfuh_Wz0Cjccoc0e0oQNGUgRV4rkZTEn_PXC0j1j6WTLt2nvs7HE3lTpN-pB5yaYBuW1thAuUpS9hGN5aqLF4rI42yOphq/s400/king9.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5153310752538211810" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis3p7mjBVjFnqDwBo3wjl3iGS0MF5k4in869pru1dyIBFP4L76mLGGYcKqEuWsCODqvm7uKbuEzwm2M9brjEO_gbTXUpvlZT7vBbp1v1PlfKDy0FvUn4t3cFUz4kmpHjuNQsV7rYZwCqFS/s400/nil1.jpg" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />We were in heaven:-) Sweet dreams people, next post when I wake up;-)</div></div></div></div>

Bed, Breakfast & Fireplace...

...said a small wooden board below the name 'King's Cliff'. King's Cliff ~ Yes, that's the name of one of two places we ...

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